Drama: Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare, edited and illustrated by Marcia Williams provides a fun and exciting new approach to Shakespeare that makes it more accessible to students while keeping much of the original language. Williams has adapted and abridged 7 different classic Shakespeare plays (Julius Cesar, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winer's Tale, Hamlet, and the Tempest) into a graphic novel. She kept all of the original dialogue in Old English on the comics themselves while adding in descriptions of the actions in modern English under each frame to help readers follow along with the story. Additionally, the borders of each page contain commentary from minor characters expressing their concerns and disbelief at the events happening on each page. This book can be a great way to help introduce reluctant readers to Shakespeare as it presents it in a more friendly and comical way, providing scaffolding through narration and illustration, while still present...
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